Nightly News   |  April 05, 2011

Ivory Coast civil war nearing end

The former president of the Ivory Coast, Laurent Bbagbo has apparently begun to negotiate his departure, a move that could end the country’s civil war. NBC's Brian Williams reports.

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>>> now we turn to these multiple crises we've been covering overseas. first, in the ivory coast it appears the bloody civil war may be over. after months of fighting, hundreds dead there, tonight the former president is reportedly in his basement bunker, negotiating his own surrender, one day after the united nations and french helicopters intervened, firing on his presidential residence and military sites. he had refused to give up power, even after losing national elections there in november. in